Broom



- May 8, 1923. 1,454,831

H. BROWN.

BROOM Filed March 26, 1921 Patented May 8, 1923.

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Application filed March 26, 1921. Serial No. 455,723.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAUGI-ITON BROWN, am a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved broom structure which will be highly efiicient in use and which may be constructed at small cost. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating the first step in the construction of the broom;

Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating a later step in the construction of the broom;

Fig. 3 is a perspective with some parts broken away, showing the broom completed, except for the application of a protecting Fig. 1 is a plan View with some parts brcken away, showing the completed broom; an

Fig. 5 is a perspective showing a portion of the broom handle and its anchoring bar.

As the first step in the formation of the broom, a layer of broom corn 6, the head ends of which have been dipped in tar, creosote or similar adhesive material, is properly laid with its dipped ends on a binding strap 7. This binding strap 7 is preferably a strip of fine wire screen, which gives the best results because of stren th and extreme porosity, (see Fig. 1). Treferably, in laying down the first complete layer of straw 6, the finer straws are first laid on the screen strap 7 and then a layer of coarser straw is laid on the fine layer.

The numeral 8 indicates the broom handle, the same, at its lower end, having a slotted anchoring bar 9. The broom handle is then laid, as shown in Fig. 2, with its lower end and with its anchoring bar 9 pressed fiatpressed down, as shown in Fig. 3.

wise upon the dipped ends of the broom straws 6. Then, the other half of the broom body is completed preferably by laying, first, a thin layer of coarse straw and then a thin outer layer of fine straw upon the layer'6 and anchoring bar 9, and then the ends of the binding strap 7 are turned over and Said binding strap and the dipped ends of the broom straws are preferably placed in a press or vise and tightly compressed to compact form, and when the adhesive material has set, the broom straws will be very firmly united together and to the broom handle and binding strap.

The broom is then completed by the application of a flattened cap orhead 10, the

board, but may be made of other materials and, for some purposes, will be made from thin sheet metal. This not only gives a neat appearance to the broom, but protects the head of the broom and re-inforces the connection between the broom body and handle. In actual practice, these brooms have been found highly efiicient, strong and durable.

What I claim is:

1. A broom comprising a bundle of broom straw, the butt ends of the straw being coated with adhesive material, an anchor bar imbedded in the butt end of said straw, a handle secured to said anchor bar, a binding strap of woven wire fabric surrounding and secured to the coated butt ends of broom straw. 7

2. The construction defined in claim 1 in further combination with a cap placed around said broom handle and around said" binding strap and secured in position.

3. The construction defined in claim 1 in 4. The construction defined in claim 3 in further combination With a cap placed which certain of said nails are also passed around said broom handle and around said through the anchoringbar of said broom 1 binding strap, said cap, binding strap and handle thereby positively anchoring to- 5 broom straws being flattened out, and nails gether the several elements of the broom.

driven through said cap, binding strap and In testimony whereof I affix my signature. coated ends of the layers of broom straw. HAUGHTON BROWN. 

